Regnum Sinense

史记(二:表)

Shiji II: Tables

Shiji 史记 · 255 BC · 秦昭襄王五十二年


Introduction

The row of the Table of the Six States for this year: the entries for Qin and Chu.


Text and Translation

Text: Chinese source

Text: English Translation

Annotations

[§2] 史记(二:表)

[§2] Shiji II: Tables

秦:取西周。王稽棄市。

Qin: Took Western Zhou. Wang Ji was executed in the marketplace.

楚:取魯,魯君封於莒。

Chu: Took Lu; the Lord of Lu1 was enfeoffed at Ju.

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Terms

executed in the marketplace / 弃市; 棄市v. put to death publicly, the body exposed in the market.

Persons

Wang Ji 王稽Qin official, Magistrate of Hedong Commandery.
Duke Qing of Lu 鲁顷公The last ruler of Lu, reigned from 272 BC.

Places

Qin 秦the state of Qin, with its capital at Xianyang, Shaanxi.
Western Zhou 西周the Western Zhou domain, the western of the two fiefs into which the Zhou royal house was divided, centred on Wangcheng at modern Luoyang, where King Nan resided.
Chu 楚the state of Chu, with its seat at Chen (modern Huaiyang, Henan).
Lu 鲁the state of Lu, with its capital at Qufu, Shandong; in 255 BC its lord was enfeoffed at Ju.
Ju 莒the former state of Ju, by 255 BC held by Chu; modern Ju County, Shandong.

Notes

1 Lord of Lu魯君: Duke Qing of Lu, whom the Table calls the Lord of Lu.